Gleanings by the Way

_A glimpse of Kentucky_:--Cincinnati--The Queen city--Views in reference to missionary labour--The kind of missionaries wanted in the great Valley--Walnut Hills--Lane Seminary--...

_The Ohio near its mouth_:--New Albany--Sailing down the Ohio--Profanity--Lovely views of nature--A sudden squall on the river--Kentucky shore--Young fawn--The mouth of the Tenn...

_Reminiscences of the past_:--Sunday--Sacred worship--The sanctuary recalling youthful scenes--Early plighted vows at the table of the Lord--Retrospect--Mournful reflections--Ch...

_The Origin of the Mormon Delusion_:--The golden Bible--Moral, political, and numercial importance of the Mormon sect--Views of Revelation--Causes that have contributed to sprea...

_The Mormon, or Golden Bible_:--The origin of the Book of Mormon--The statement of Mr. Isaac Hale, father-in-law of the Mormon Prophet--Rev. Mr. Spalding's Historical Romance--M...

_Mormon Jesuitism_:--Denial of Mrs. Davison's statement in reference to the origin of the Mormon Bible--The truth of her statement corroborated by a letter from the Rev. John St...

_Organization of the Mormons, and their removal to Ohio_:--Steps leading to the Mormon emigration to the West--Conversion of Parley P. Pratt--Mission to the Lamanites--Sidney Ri...

Nature has a voice to instruct, as well as charms to please. No one can walk over the surface of this earth, and gaze upon the objects and scenes that every where cluster around...

I have never been more struck than to-day with the tranquilizing influence which the works of nature are capable of exerting upon the mind. There is a calmness, a solemn stillne...

WE reached Hollidaysburg, a little village on the Juniata, where the Alleghany Portage Rail Road commences, yesterday morning, June 16th, about eight o'clock. Our way from this...

About nine o'clock this morning, we passed the Alleghany river just above the point where the Kiskiminetas falls into it; our course thence was along the banks. The scenery on e...

I have two exceedingly agreeable travelling companions. The one, Mr. B----, who started with a special view of accompanying me in this tour. He is a young gentleman of mature in...

Cincinnati--The Queen city--Views in reference to missionary labour--The kind of missionaries wanted in the great Valley--Walnut Hills--Lane Seminary--Dr. Beecher--Woodward Coll...

New Albany--Sailing down the Ohio--Profanity--Lovely views of nature--A sudden squall on the river--Kentucky shore--Young fawn--The mouth of the Tennessee river--The swimming de...

This, unquestionably is destined in time to become THE GREAT CITY OF THE WEST. Its location is pleasant, and from the manner in which the upper part of the city is now building,...

Having passed the Des Moines river, the whole country bordering on the west bank of the Mississippi, is denominated the Wisconsin Territory, or more commonly here, _the Iowa cou...

We spent one day during the present week in passing through the mining country to visit several of the diggings in Wisconsin, and around Galena, and also the smelting furnaces,...

We parted with the friend we met at Mackinaw in the night. The two steamers rode off in two opposite directions. Our course, which from Chicago had been to the north, now became...

The Roman Church has been supposed to be very strong here, but from inquiries that I every where made, I am still more confirmed in the belief that the papists at the west are m...

Every man who has visited Niagara Falls, that scene of enchantment, remembers with what difficulty he tore himself from the spot. To every mind that has any sensibility--any rel...

After having passed a day or two in the country, or gone along some two or three hundred miles by stages, steamboats, and railroad cars, in looking back upon the scenes through...

Our stopping place in Albany was at CONGRESS HALL, which we reached some time before the sun sent his resplendent beams abroad: the morning was damp and hazy, and upon the whole...

Within the last week I have made an excursion into the central part of Western New York. I never fail, while travelling through this region, to be impressed with the conviction,...

The following chapters are made up of letters detailing incidents of travel connected with a tour from Philadelphia to Rhode Island, and from thence into Western New York, durin...

In my last I conducted you on my journey as far as Brooklyn, N. Y. My temporary stay there was at South Brooklyn, a portion of that enterprising town which has been but recently...

In my last I was principally occupied in giving you some account of the picturesque grounds of Green Wood Cemetery. It was on Tuesday afternoon, the thirtieth of June, at five o...

In our journey to this place, we had a practical illustration of the increased facilities and greatly accelerated movements of modern travelling. Having left New York on Wednesd...

Sunday--Sacred worship--The sanctuary recalling youthful scenes--Early plighted vows at the table of the Lord--Retrospect--Mournful reflections--Change in the congregation--Mr....

The golden Bible--Moral, political, and numercial importance of the Mormon sect--Views of Revelation--Causes that have contributed to spread Mormonism--Martin Harris--Interview...

A few months subsequent to the publishing of the foregoing letter, the author saw in the columns of the _Church Record_ a letter from Professor Anthon which singularly corrobora...

The origin of the Book of Mormon--The statement of Mr. Isaac Hall, father in law of the Mormon Prophet--Rev. Mr. Spaulding's Historical Romance--Mrs. Davison's statement--The bl...

Denial of Mrs. Davison's statement in reference to the origin of the Mormon's Bible--The truth of her statement corroborated by a letter from the Rev. John Storrs--By another fr...

According to the intimation given in the last chapter, we proceed to furnish our readers with a brief outline of the contents of that mysterious volume whose origin and history...

The question has been frequently asked, why the sect whose history we have been attempting to sketch, are called Mormons? The answer to this question will be readily suggested t...

Since preparing the preceding chapters for the press, there have come into the author's hands several documents, that seem to throw additional light upon the origin and authorsh...

Jo Smith, who aspired to the high character of a prophet of God, was far more successful in gathering early disciples than Mahomet. His own family, and numerous coadjutors, bein...

Cowdery and those connected with his mission, after having made the converts we have noticed at Kirtland in the autumn of 1830, proceeded on still farther to the west, in order...

Allusion has been made to the attempts at financiering in which the Mormon prophet and his coadjutors embarked, before leaving Kirtland. The facts connected with this are presen...

A rare public document of a most interesting character having fallen into my hands, I propose to furnish you several communications in reference to it, and likewise in relation...

Although I have occupied your attention so long with the history of the origin and rise of Mormonism, I have a few words more to add before closing the subject. Several facts wh...